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“True Thank you”

“You’re welcome,” I said

The road widened, and ere suddenly in a shborhood that looked like a million others anywhere in the country, except for the ever-present trees that hedged round it like someone had dropped it into the middle of a national forest

I was thinking about how pretty the area hen Olaf asked, “May I touch your leg?”

He’d asked permission like I’d told him to do, but I didn’t want hi per coerced?

“Your body is reacting as if it is stressed I have done nothing”

“You asked perreat It’s appreciated, but I’ you to ask anything date-y, so it threw me”

“Why is it a problem? No one from ill see us, so it will not hurt our professional standing Nicky will not care”

“I ht care,” Nicky said

“Why would you care if I put h?”

“Because she cares, and she doesn’t want you to do it”

I added, “I don’t usually let people touchuntil we’ve had a couple of dates”

“With all the people in your life, you still have such stringent rules?” He gavehalf his attention on the street

I sighed; he had a point “It depends on the person and the relationship”

“Do you overthink all your relationships this much?” he asked